Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Sat 10 Oct 2020 · 09:00 UTC Ekimae Real Estate Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'

Renzo Lopez 40' Y

Y 42' Takahiro Sekine

Yoshiki Takahashi 72' Y

Overview

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Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.

Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Hajime Matsuo
Referee Akihito Kawasaki
Referee Yusuke Shiotsu
Referee Kota Watanabe

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F.Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

Sagan Tosu FC 16 games · Avg 2.5 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-09-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sagan Tosu FC 2019-09-28 Sagan Tosu FC 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-06-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC 2018-08-11 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Sagan Tosu FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	0–1	L
07 Oct	Gamba Osaka	H	1–2	L
03 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–3	L
30 Sep	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	1–1	D
27 Sep	FC Tokyo	H	3–0	W
23 Sep	Vissel Kobe	A	3–4	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Oct	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–0	W
04 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	0–1	L
30 Sep	FC Tokyo	H	0–1	L
26 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	0–2	L
23 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	W
20 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–3	L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Sagan Tosu FC host Urawa Red Diamonds — let the battle begin!
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sagan Tosu FC that had 279 games and scored 293 goals.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' A quiet spell here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium. Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
35' It’s high time Myung-Hwi Kim made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
40' The referee has no hesitation. Renzo Lopez is booked for Sagan Tosu FC — Yellow card on 40.
42' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Takahiro Sekine.
46' Another substitution for Sagan Tosu FC to replace Renzo Lopez by Daichi Hayashi on 46 minute.
51' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
56' It is a cagey affair so far. Sagan Tosu FC in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
58' Yoshiki Takahashi gets the nod from Sagan Tosu FC. He replaces Ryang Yong Gi and will look to change the dynamic.
63' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sagan Tosu FC and Urawa Red Diamonds are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
66' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Shinzo Koroki by Kazuki Nagasawa on 66 minute.
71' The energy levels are beginning to show. Myung-Hwi Kim might look to freshen things up shortly.
72' That is a Yellow card for Sagan Tosu FC. Yoshiki Takahashi will be fuming at that decision.
74' It is a substitution in Sagan Tosu FC team. Tomoya Koyamatsu is replaced by Takeshi Kanamori on 74 minute.
79' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
84' Fresh legs for Sagan Tosu FC! Tiago Alves comes on to replace Yuto Uchida.
89' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
90' Ryosuke Yamanaka is replacing Yosuke Kashiwagi for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Urawa Red Diamonds to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sagan Tosu FC Lineups

Starting XI

50
Ryang Yong Gi ↓ Yoshiki Takahashi 58'
18
Yohei Takaoka
41
Daiki Matsuoka
33
Kaisei Ishii ↓ Fuchi Honda 74'
2
Teruki Hara C
30
Yuta Higuchi
31
Ayumu Ohata
6
Yuto Uchida ↓ Tiago Alves 84'
22
Tomoya Koyamatsu ↓ Takeshi Kanamori 74'
28
Ryoya Morishita
20
Renzo Lopez ↓ Daichi Hayashi 46'

Bench

14
Yoshiki Takahashi ↑ 58'
7
Takeshi Kanamori ↑ 74'
1
Tatsuya Morita
23
Fuchi Honda ↑ 74'
9
Tiago Alves ↑ 84'
16
Daichi Hayashi ↑ 46'
47
Shinya Nakano

Coach Myung-Hwi Kim

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino
8
Ewerton
3
Tomoya Ugajin
30
Shinzo Koroki ↓ Kazuki Nagasawa 66'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
27
Daiki Hashioka
31
Takuya Iwanami
10
Yosuke Kashiwagi ↓ Ryosuke Yamanaka 90'
9
Yuki Muto ↓ Koya Yuruki 66'
11
Quentin Martinus ↓ Daisuke Suzuki 90'
41
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Kenyu Sugimoto 46'

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 46'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 90'
7
Kazuki Nagasawa ↑ 66'
4
Daisuke Suzuki ↑ 90'
24
Koya Yuruki ↑ 66'
36
Zion Suzuki
45
Leo

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Keita Yamashita	3
Yuki Muto	2
Yoichi Naganuma	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Yusuke Matsuo	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Taisei Miyashiro	1
Kazuki Nagasawa	1

Head to Head

Sagan Tosu FC Form

2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-10-07 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Gamba Osaka L 2020-10-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Sagan Tosu FC L 2020-09-30 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–1 Sagan Tosu FC D 2020-09-27 Sagan Tosu FC 3–0 FC Tokyo W 2020-09-23 Vissel Kobe 4–3 Sagan Tosu FC L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 FC Tokyo L 2020-09-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Yokohama FC L 2020-09-23 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.15 Sagan Tosu FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.25 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds 70% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sagan Tosu FC34% Draw30% Urawa Red Diamonds36%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.4

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Sagan Tosu FC or Draw

64%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

66%

Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sagan Tosu FC24% Draw50% Urawa Red Diamonds26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14%

0 – 0

11.3%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.3%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

2.8%

0 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Sagan Tosu FC

Handicap	Sagan Tosu FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	19%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	20%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.